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Surah An-Naba, Verse 18

سورة النبإ، الآية ١٨

78:18 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 582 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 78:18

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا ۝١٨

Transliteration

yawma yunfakhu fī l-ṣūri fatatūna afwājan

Translation

The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

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Verse 18 of Surah An-Naba (78:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 582 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 18

Al-Mukhtasar

On that day, the angel will blow into the horn the second time, upon which, O people, you shall come in groups.

Tafsir of the whole Surah An-Naba

Other translations of verse 18

the Day when the Trumpet will be blown, you will come forth in crowds,

The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups after groups). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;

The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

The Day when the Trumpet will be blown; then you will come up in troops,

Verse 18 word by word

  1. يَوْمَ yawma (The) Day ي و م
  2. يُنفَخُ yunfakhu (in which) shall be blown ن ف خ
  3. فِى fī in
  4. ٱلصُّورِ l-ṣūri the trumpet ص و ر
  5. فَتَأْتُونَ fatatūna and you will come forth أ ت ي
  6. أَفْوَاجًا afwājan (in) crowds ف و ج

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4935

Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Between the two sounds of the trumpet, there will be forty." Somebody asked Abu Huraira, "Forty days?" But he refused to reply. Then he asked, "Forty months?" He refused to reply. Then he asked, "Forty years?" Again, he refused to reply. Abu Huraira…

مَا بَيْنَ النَّفْخَتَيْنِ أَرْبَعُونَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْمًا قَالَ أَبَيْتُ‏.‏ قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ شَهْرًا قَالَ أَبَيْتُ‏.‏ قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَبَيْتُ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ثُمَّ يُنْزِلُ اللَّهُ مِنَ…

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Verses related to verse 18

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:31

    وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَٰقٍ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيرًا

    And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-An’am 6:73

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ كُن فَيَكُونُ قَوْلُهُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    And it is He who created the heavens and earth in truth. And the day [i.e., whenever] He says, "Be," and it is, His word is the truth. And His is the dominion [on] the Day the Horn is blown. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

  • Taha 20:102

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا

    The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.

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